Vmware; Supported Emulations; Emulation Specifications - HP XP7 Configuration Manual

VMware

This appendix provides information about supported emulations and device type specifications.
Some parameters might not be relevant to your array. Consult your HP representative for information
about supported configurations for your system.

Supported emulations

HP recommends using OPEN-V as the emulation for better performance and features that may not
be supported with the legacy emulations (OPEN-[389LE]).
Table 39 Supported emulations
Array model
XP7
NOTE: HP recommends using OPEN-V as the emulation the array makes visible to the host. This
allows external storage LDEVs to be configured without losing data. Using any other emulation
may cause data loss in the external storage LUNs.

Emulation specifications

Table 40 Emulation specifications (VMware)
1 2
Emulation Category
OPEN-3 SCSI disk
OPEN-8 SCSI disk
OPEN-9 SCSI disk
OPEN-E SCSI disk
OPEN-L SCSI disk
LUSE
OPEN-3*n SCSI disk
OPEN-8*n SCSI disk
OPEN-9*n SCSI disk
OPEN-E*n SCSI disk
OPEN-L*n SCSI disk
CVS
OPEN-3 SCSI disk
CVS
Emulation Fixed Size
OPEN-3 Yes
OPEN-8 Yes
OPEN-9 Yes
OPEN-E Yes
OPEN-K No
OPEN-L Yes
OPEN-M No
OPEN-V No
Product Blocks
3
name
(512 bytes)
OPEN-3 4806720
OPEN-8 14351040
OPEN-9 14423040
OPEN-E 28452960
OPEN-L 71 192160
OPEN-3*n 4806720*n
OPEN-8*n 14351040*n
OPEN-9*n 1 4423040*n
OPEN-E*n 28452960*n
OPEN-L*n 71 192160*n
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OPEN-3-CVS Footnote
LUSE
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Sector size # of
(bytes) cylinders
512 3338
512 9966
512 10016
512 19759
512 49439
512 3338*n
512 9966*n
512 10016*n
512 19759*n
512 49439*n
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512 Footnote
CVS LUSE & CVS
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
No No
No No
No No
Yes Yes
Heads Sectors Capacity MB*
per track
15 96
15 96
15 96
15 96
15 96
15 96
15 96
15 96
15 96
15 96
15 96
VMware 125
4
2347
7007
7042
13893
34761
2347*n
7007*n
7042*n
13893*n
34761*n
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